Workshop on American Studies in Romania

Workshop on American Studies in Romania

On Thursday, December 12, the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission hosted the ”Workshop on American Studies in Romania: Vulnerabilities and Working Solutions”, the first event in its Fulbright Think Tank initiative. The over 30 professors and leaders of American Studies programs in universities all over the country had the occasion to present the current situation and discuss future opportunities for the development of these programs in the presence and with the contribution of invited representatives of the Public Diplomacy Office, of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS), the Romanian Association for American Studies (RAAS), Fulbright Ambassadors and U.S. Fulbright grantees.

The event is meant to provide more impetus to the American Studies in Romania, the institutionalization of which happened to a large extent due to the efforts of the U.S. Embassy and the Fulbright Commission.